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SECTION 1. Paragraph (j) of section 89 of Chapter 71, of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended, in line 296, by inserting after the word “criteria” the following new text -; provided, that no charter application shall be approved before a report has been presented to the board by the department on the financial impact to the sending district or districts. SECTION 2. Paragraph (gg) of said section 89, as so appearing, is hereby amended, in line 757, by inserting at the end thereof the following new text - Annually, not later than January 10 the department shall make a request to the General Court for the full funding of this reimbursement and the reimbursement calculated under paragraph (ff). If the General Court rejects the request to fund the reimbursement, the board shall not approve any application for a new charter school or a charter school expansion in the following school year.
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